Very brief thoughts on March's comics [Spoilers]

Birds of Prey #104

A particularly great issue, due to the guesting of the Secret Six (who, I must admit, I like better than I like the Birds themselves). Barda was too awesome for words to express. Zinda was very cool, and Spy Smasher is...well, I'm not sure what to make of her yet, but she's fun. Catman and Huntress were a hoot. Not a false note in the book.


The New Avengers #28

Yu's art is starting to grow on me (apart from the general muscle-y veiny-ness of some of the figures). Liked the whole Cage in the grocery store sequence. Liked the friendliness and informality of the group's interaction, although being apart from the rest of the hero world like they are is going to have to be a stress on relationships.

To return to the art, it's kind of cool how you can compare the art in New Avengers and Mighty Avengers and see how each reflects the situation of the team it deals with--Mighty Avengers being cleaner, shinier, prettier, and New Avengers being darker, less polished, and (dare I say it?) "grittier" :).


New Excalibur #17

A little more on the warm-fuzzy side than I prefer, but not terrible (perhaps I'm just not familiar enough with the characters yet to appreciate the story), and I look forward to next issue. (Still hoping to see the Black Knight again at some point, but have been enjoying it enough on the whole right now to keep it on the get list regardless.) Possibly it's the writing I haven't been liking so much, which is odd because I seem to recall enjoying Claremont in the past (granted, that was 20 years in the past... :)); I'll have to see what I think after I read another couple of issues.


The Spirit #4

Great book as always, with a strong supporting cast developing (somehow I didn't expect that in this title, having remembered the Spirit as mostly a solo operative, but this is nice), and I think I want to be Silk Satin in my next life. :)


Wonder Woman #5

I'd taken this title off of my get list (it just wasn't a filling meal, you know?), but will be putting it back on when Gail Simone starts writing it :). The twelve-year-old will be happy. She likes Wonder Woman--rather, she likes the concept, but she hasn't been reading the book lately. I imagine that'll change when we pick it up again.

As for this one--it isn't a bad issue, just not good enough for me to keep it on my get list (especially since Wonder Woman has no "nostalgia equity" for me). Technically I suppose the question is "Is this book worth $2.99 to me?" and the answer, recently, has been "no."